diff --git a/lib/VMCore/AsmWriter.cpp b/lib/VMCore/AsmWriter.cpp
index ad7b5c3ffe3..cf29b5a1047 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/AsmWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/AsmWriter.cpp
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ void AssemblyWriter::printFunction(const Function *F) {
   const FunctionType *FT = F->getFunctionType();
   const PAListPtr &Attrs = F->getParamAttrs();
   printType(F->getReturnType()) << ' ';
-  if (!F->getName().empty())
+  if (F->hasName())
     PrintLLVMName(Out, F);
   else
     Out << "@\"\"";